Press & Publications

Sponsored feature from the Chicago Tribune, April 7, 2026: Steven Maksin on collecting Titian, Caravaggio, Pittoni and Dali, the Winchester rifles now on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a French shotgun lent to the Art Institute of Chicago. Reprinted in full.

Steven Maksin's Dalí works at Espace Lympia Nice — listed by the Nice Côte d'Azur Convention Bureau, summer 2025.

Steven Maksin's Maddalena di Tiziano — Andrea Donati attribution essay (Italian) establishing the canvas as a late autograph by Tiziano.

Steven Maksin's Titian Mary Magdalene examined by Andrea Donati — attribution essay establishing the canvas as a late autograph by Tiziano.

Steven Maksin's two Winchester rifles on long-term loan at the Met are profiled in Gun and Sword Collector's New at the Met feature, 2023.

Steven Maksin's firearms gifts to the Met are featured in the Department of Arms & Armor's Dispatches newsletter, Issue 13 (Fall 2024).

Steven Maksin's three rediscovered Giambattista Pittoni canvases from the Miari de Cumani collection — attribution essay by Andrea Gianluca Donati.

Steven Maksin's Winchester Model 1873 'Foot Guard' rifle — the first scholarly study, by Met curator John Byck in the journal Arms & Armour (2025).

Steven Maksin's Winchester rifles illustrated in ICOMAM Magazine #32 — Tavares's French-firearms feature for the ICOM committee, December 2024.